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The Rev. Eleazar Sidhu before court hearing in Faisalabad, Pakistan. (Morning Star News screenshot) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Friday (Sept. 29) charged a pastor with making false allegations after he admitted that a gunshot wound he had blamed on Islamic extremists was self-inflicted, sources said. The Rev. Eleazar Sidhu,… Source
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Pakistan supplied arms to Ukraine in return for IMF bailout with help of US – report
September 19th, 2023 
Awake Goy Pakistan supplied munitions and arms to Ukraine in return for the recent bailout to the South Asian country by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a deal brokered by the United States, leaked documents have revealed. According to an investigation by The Intercept, two sources with knowledge of the arrangement, as well as internal Pakistani […]
In Pakistan, a switch in fishing methods saves thousands of dolphins
September 19th, 2023 Awake Goy In 2013, at least 12,000 dolphins were killed in Pakistani territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, caught in the massive nets cast by fishermen, Anadolu Agency reports. Those gill nets, locally known as “bither,” were notorious for their high level of bycatch. Pakistan’s territorial waters are home to 25 kinds of dolphins, notably spinner, bottlenose […]
Pakistan reopens key border crossing with Afghanistan after 10 days
September 15th, 2023 Awake Goy Pakistan today reopened a key border crossing with neighbouring Afghanistan for travellers and all types of traffic after ten days of closure, an official said. The Torkham border, which connects Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, was closed on 6 September after skirmishes between border security forces of the two countries. […]
Christian Couple Jailed, Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan
September 13th, 2023 Awake Goy Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan. (Romero Maia, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The three young children of a Christian couple jailed on baseless charges of desecrating the Koran in Lahore, Pakistan last week have no relatives to care for them and are extremely upset, a rights advocate. Shaukat Masih, 33, and his 28-year-old wife… […]
Pastor Shot after Receiving Islamist Threats in Pakistan
September 5th, 2023 Awake Goy The Rev. Eleazar Sidhu was shot in Jaranwala, Pakistan on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (Akmal Bhatti for Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A pastor was shot and wounded by hardline Muslims on Sunday evening (Sept. 3) in Jaranwala, Pakistan a week after Islamist slogans were written on the walls of his church building, […]
Forced Conversion/Marriage of Minority Girls Targeted in Pakistan
September 1st, 2023 Awake Goy Supreme Court of Pakistan in Islamabad. (Usman.pg, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday (Aug. 29) ordered the government to respond to a petition to stop courts from allowing forced conversion and marriage of minority girls in verdicts that act as covers for child rape, sources said. Justice […]
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No Comments »8 People Rescued In Pakistan After Getting Stuck 900 Feet Above Ground In Cable Car
August 23rd, 2023 Awake Goy Military members completed the harrowing task more than 15 hours after a cable car suddenly stopped mid-journey. Source
Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for TikTok Upload
August 23rd, 2023 Awake Goy Home of Rafaqat Masih burned in rioting that began Aug. 16, 2023 in Christian Town, Jaranwala, Pakistan. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Saturday night (Aug. 19) charged a Christian with blasphemy for uploading on TikTok a video of content that last week led to attacks on Christian homes […]
Blasphemy Accusation Sparks Attacks on Christians in Pakistan
August 18th, 2023 Awake Goy Belongings of Christians burned in Muslim rioting in Jaranwala, Pakistan on Aug. 16, 2023. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Instigated by mosque leaders, Muslim mobs on Wednesday (Aug. 16) burned 20 church buildings and ransacked Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala, Pakistan after a Muslim framed two Christians in a false… Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: accusation, attacks, blasphemy, christians, Pakistan, sparks No Comments »Death Toll From Pakistan Train Derailment Rises To At Least 30
August 7th, 2023 Awake Goy Railway officials say 10 cars of the Hazara Express that derailed and some overturned in southern Pakistan have also left more than 90 others injured. Source
Suicide Bomber At Political Rally In Pakistan Kills Dozens
July 31st, 2023 Awake Goy The attack at Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan that killed at least 44 and wounded nearly 200 was aimed at weakening the Islamist party, a senior leader said. Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: bomber, dozens, kills, Pakistan, political, rally, suicide No Comments »Christians in Pakistan Flee Homes after Blasphemy Accusation
July 20th, 2023 Awake Goy Mosque announcements to protest alleged blasphemy created large crowds of Muslims in Sargodha, Pakistan, on July 16, 2023. (Sanawar Balam for Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A third accusation of blasphemy in less than a month compelled Christians fearful of Islamic retribution to flee their homes in an eastern city in Pakistan… […]
Bail Denied to Christian under Islamist Pressure in Pakistan
July 14th, 2023 Awake Goy Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan. (Romero Maia, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Tuesday (July 11) kept a Christian charged with blasphemy from appearing at his bail hearing, compelling a judge to bow to pressure from a crowd of slogan-shouting Muslims and deny his release, sources said. Haroon Shahzad, resident of […]
Arrested Christian in Pakistan Denies Sharing Facebook Post
July 12th, 2023 Awake Goy Motorway M2 exit to Sargodha, Pakistan. (Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Saturday (July 8) arrested a Christian for allegedly sharing a post on Facebook even though his village’s Islamic cleric and other Muslims denied that it amounted to blasphemy, his brother said. Wasim Masih told Morning Star News that Sargodha police […]
Pakistan in the face of upcoming general elections
July 7th, 2023 Awake Goy Once again, a number of notable events allow us to address the situation in and around Pakistan. Both what happened recently and what is expected to happen in the near future. Among these, of course, the most important is the factor of the forthcoming general elections to the country’s parliament. The term of its current […]
Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for Bible Post
July 5th, 2023 Awake Goy Divisions of Punjab Province, Pakistan. (Saqib Qayyum, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan charged a Christian with blasphemy on Friday (June 30) after he posted Bible verses on Facebook that infuriated Muslims, causing dozens of Christian families in a village near Sargodha city to flee their homes. Tensions flared in Chak […]
Muslim in Pakistan Confesses to Killing Christian Woman
July 3rd, 2023 Awake Goy The body of Shazia Imran was found in Lahore, Pakistan on June 7, 2023. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian family in Lahore, Pakistan is seeking justice and protection after four Muslims abducted, gang-raped and killed a widow for refusing to convert to Islam and marry the primary […]
Pakistan Aims to Try Blasphemy Cases under Anti-Terror Law
June 28th, 2023 Awake Goy Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan (Ali Imran, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A government concession to demands by a Muslim extremist political party to allow blasphemy charges under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws has raised fears of more injustice for those accused under the harsh statutes, sources said. Federal Interior… Source
Pakistan negotiating to hand over Karachi port terminals to UAE for emergency funds
June 21st, 2023 Awake Goy Pakistan is undergoing negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hand over operational management of the port terminals of the city of Karachi, as Islamabad continues to seek emergency funds to pay off its debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the Pakistani media outlets, the government yesterday constituted a committee to […]
Posted in Middle East, News Tags: emergency, funds, Karachi, negotiating, Pakistan, terminals No Comments »Iranian navy chief visits Pakistan to increase military cooperation
June 21st, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, the commander of the Iranian Navy, visited Islamabad on Monday for a three-day visit to discuss methods to strengthen bilateral collaboration in a number of military domains with top military commanders of Pakistan. Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Chief, cooperation, increase, iranian, military, Pakistan, visits No Comments »Heavy rains kill 28 in Pakistan
June 11th, 2023 Awake Goy At least 28 people, including women and children, died after heavy rains battered parts of Pakistan on Saturday, local media reported, Anadolu reports. At least 145 others were also injured due to the rains in some parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, according to Geo News broadcaster. At least 69 houses were also partially […]
Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Death under Blasphemy Law
May 31st, 2023 Awake Goy Noman Masih. (Morning Star News via defense counsel) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Bahawalpur, Pakistan on Tuesday (May 30) handed the death penalty to a 22-year-old Christian on an unsubstantiated conviction under the country’s blasphemy laws, sources said. Lazar Allah Rakha, attorney for Noman Masih, said that the sessions court announced its […]
Is Pakistan Breaking Free?
May 27th, 2023 Awake Goy The recent ousting of populist Prime Minister Imran Khan, by the combined efforts of the Pakistani Military, the Pakistani Intelligence and the Pakistani Judiciary has many people pointing fingers, but at the wrong entities. There is America, the obvious suspect. Some are pointing fingers at China. This tremor represents something bigger bubbling beneath the surface […]
Parliament to put forth special package for development of relations with Pakistan: MP
May 15th, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has said that the Iranian parliament will table a special package for the development of relations between Iran and Pakistan. Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Development, forth, package, Pakistan, parliament, relations, special No Comments »U.S. backed COUP in Pakistan backfires, Imran Khan freed by Supreme Court
May 14th, 2023 Awake Goy These were the words of Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, who posted a glossy video showcasing Ukraine’s sci-fi-esque future to Twitter. The video boasts of Ukraine’s plans (after its victory over Russia, of course!) to become the “freest and most convenient country in the next 10 years.” Source
Christian Widow, Muslim Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan
April 24th, 2023 Awake Goy Location of Pakpattan District, Pakistan. (Map data © 2023 Google) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian widow and a Muslim gardener were arrested in Pakistan this month on blasphemy charges after they were accused of intentionally burning papers containing koranic verses, attorneys said. The accusations arose when 46-year-old Mussarat… Source
Further aggravation of the domestic political situation in Pakistan
March 22nd, 2023 Awake Goy The NEO last commented on the situation in Pakistan in connection with a large-scale terrorist attack on the (apparently) heavily guarded grounds of a Shia mosque on January 30 in Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Once again, the author has to state with regret that terrorist acts and simple guerrilla warfare in “problematic” regions are […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: aggravation, domestic, further, Pakistan, political, situation No Comments »Pakistan’s Ex-PM Imran Khan Marks Court Presence as Supporters Clash With Police
March 19th, 2023 Awake Goy ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan officially marked his presence in court in the country’s capital on Saturday, his aide said, complying with judicial orders after a standoff with police that has led to intense clashes with his supporters. Local media Geo TV reported that the trial court in Islamabad cancelled the warrants for his […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: clash, court, imran, marks, Pakistan, presence, supporters No Comments »Clashes erupt as Pakistan police try to arrest Imran Khan
March 15th, 2023 Awake Goy 14 Mar 2023 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English The Pakistani police used excessive force against Khan’s supporters, firing tear gas bombs to disperse them. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaking at a press conference (Reuters) Police and supporters of Pakistan’s leading opposition leader, Imran Khan, clashed outside his residence as officers attempted to arrest him. […]
